OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas
Jackie Lavigno Morrison
Aug 11, 2015
McClellanville: Jackie Lavigno Morrison of Laurel Hill Plantation in McClellanville, South Carolina, died on August 11, 2015. Born on October 29, 1940 to Ida Whaley and Stirling Lavigno, she graduated from the Medical University College of Nursing in 1961. An avid antique collector and dealer, she also ran the Laurel Hill Bed and Breakfast for twenty years and served as...
Gloria Louola Wiggins Cooper
Aug 10, 2015
Moncks Corner; Gloria Louola Wiggins Cooper, 80, widow of the late Brachel Sam Washington Cooper, died Monday, August 10, 2015 at Pruitt Health, in Moncks Corner. Mrs. Cooper was born in Georgetown on October 5, 1934, a daughter of the late Herman Reid Wiggins and Sadie Ray Wiggins. She grew up in the Georgetown area and was a member of...
Marjorie Blasky Watts
Jul 28, 2015
Georgetown: Marjorie Blasky Watts, 93, widow of Henry Ernest Watts, died July 28, 2015, at Prince George Healthcare Center in Georgetown. A daughter of the late Rudolph George Blasky and Jennie Lapham Smoak Blasky, Mrs. Watts was born in Georgetown on March 17, 1922. She grew up in Georgetown and graduated from Winyah High School. She was a life-long member...
Lucian "Pete" Fitzgerald Kinder
Jul 27, 2015
Andrews: Lucian "Pete" Fitzgerald Kinder, 81, died Monday, July 27, 2015, at his residence. Mr. Kinder was born in Andrews, a son of the late Lucian Percy Kinder and Sally Fitzgerald Kinder. He grew up in Andrews and graduated from Andrews High School and Clemson University with a degree in Civil Engineering. Mr. Kinder was a retired employee of International...
Carlton R. Bourne, Sr.
Jul 12, 2015
Georgetown: Carlton R. Bourne, Sr., 84, passed away on July 12, 2015, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. He was born on August 17, 1930, in Georgetown, SC, the son of James Sparkman and Janie Davis Bourne. He graduated from Winyah High School in 1947. He received his BA from Clemson in 1952. While there, he was a...
Laurie Melton Ard
Jul 10, 2015
Andrews: Laurie Melton Ard, 74, died Friday, July 10, 2015, at Tidelands Community Hospice House in Georgetown. Mr. Ard was born in Williamsburg Co. near Andrews on July 4, 1941, a son of the late Wiley McLaurin Ard and Emma Casselman Ard. He grew up in the Rough Island Community near Andrews and lived most of his life there. He...
Kenneth Michael Davis
Jul 7, 2015
Georgetown: Kenneth Michael Davis, 55, died Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mr. Davis was born in Georgetown on February 1, 1960, a son of the late Walter Ross Davis and Sarah Lee Skipper Davis Wynn. He grew up in Georgetown, graduated from high school, and received an associate degree from Horry-Georgetown Technical College. Mr. Davis was...
Leyola Wendell Shokes
Jul 6, 2015
Georgetown: Leyola Wendell Shokes, 79, wife of Jessie D. Shokes, died Monday, July 6, 2015, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mrs. Shokes was born in Baltimore, Md. on November 4, 1935, a daughter of the late Frank Riley Wendell and Ethel Thomas Wendell. She grew up in Georgetown and graduated from Winyah High School. Her Grandchildren would like to say...
Eunice Brazell Price
Jul 5, 2015
Georgetown: Eunice Brazell Price, 91, , widow of Robert "Cagey" Dalton Price, died Sunday, July 5, 2015, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mrs. Price was born in Kingsland, Ga. on March 31, 1924, a daughter of the late John Brazell and Bessie Gay Brazell. She lived in Georgetown for many years, where she and her late husband owned Georgetown Ice...
Margie Cain Humphries
Jul 4, 2015
Pawleys Island: Margie Cain Humphries, 86, passed away peacefully on the evening of July 4, 2015 at her home in the Prince George Community in Pawleys Island after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease. Mrs. Humphries was born April 4, 1929 in Greenville, the daughter of the late Daniel R. (Bubba) Cain and Nellie Trammel Cain Thackston. She was a...
Jimmie "Bubba" Earl Cannon, Jr.
Jul 1, 2015
Georgetown: Jimmie "Bubba" Earl Cannon, Jr., 40, died July 1, 2015, in Andrews. Mr. Cannon was born in Georgetown on September 4, 1974. He grew up in Georgetown, graduated from Georgetown High School, and served in the U.S. Navy. Mr. Cannon was a self-employed professional carpenter and painter. He loved fishing and woodcarving. Surviving are: his father, Jimmie E. Cannon,...
Barbara Ann Bell Kinder
Jul 1, 2015
Andrews: Barbara Bell Kinder, 81, wife of Lucian "Pete" Fitzgerald Kinder, died Wednesday, July 1, 2015, at her residence. Mrs. Kinder was born in Andrews on June 19, 1934, the daughter of the late Clifford Thomas Bell and Louise Shepherd Bell. She graduated from Andrews High School and attended Winthrop College. Mrs. Kinder was a retired employee of Georgetown Steel...
Lucille Cox Player
Jun 27, 2015
Andrews: Lucille Player, 91, died Saturday June 27, 2015 at Tablerock Healthcare in Kimberling City, MO. Lucille was born in Williamsburg County on September 7, 1923 to the late Johnnie and Mettie Cox. She married Ted Player on December 24, 1941. Surviving are her son Ronnie (Mary) Player of Branson, MO; Six grandchildren: Rhonda (Brad) Hood of Marshalltown, IA, Karen...
Robert Allan Ford
Jun 26, 2015
Pawleys Island: Robert "Bob" Allan Ford, 69, died Friday, June 26, 2015, at the Medical University of S.C. Medical Center in Charleston. Mr. Ford was born in Wadsworth, Ohio on February 27, 1946, a son of the late Arthur Buel Ford, Jr. and Lois Margaret Frase Ford. He was a graduate of Kenmore High School and attended Ohio State University....
Frances Morgan Gilleland
Jun 25, 2015
Andrews: Frances Morgan Gilleland, 90, died Thursday, June 25, 2015, at Tidelands Community Hospice House in Georgetown. Mrs. Gilleland was born May 15, 1925 in Savannah, Ga to David Calvin Morgan and Mary Lou Wilson Morgan. She spent her growing up years in Andrews, attended the Andrews Schools, and graduated from Andrews High School in 1942. Mrs. Gilleland attended Converse...
Virginia Jo Irwin Spearman
Jun 20, 2015
Georgetown: Virginia Jo "Jody" Irwin Spearman, 85, widow of Joseph "Joe" Ernst Spearman, died Saturday, June 20, 2015, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mrs. Spearman was born in Knoxville, Tenn. on September 9, 1929, a daughter of the late Clayton Carlisle Irwin and Frennie Beatrice Needham Irwin. She attended the University of Chattanooga. While living in Rock Hill, Mrs. Spearman...
Virginia "Bunny" Sherwin Roper
Jun 7, 2015
Georgetown: Virginia Sherwin Roper, 90, loving wife and beloved mother, died Sunday, June 7, 2015. Mrs. Roper was born in Claremont, New Hampshire on June 12, 1924, the son of the late Alfred Henry Sherwin and Aurora Marie Labrie Sherwin. She was reared in Windsor, Vermont by her parents. Mrs. Roper was a member of St. Mary, Our Lady of...
James Edwin Barnes
Jun 3, 2015
Andrews: James Edwin "Jimmy" Barnes, 60, died Wednesday, June 3, 2015, at his residence after a long illness. Mr. Barnes was born in Georgetown on January 16, 1955, a son of the late Owen Louis Barnes and Catherine Shirley Ray Barnes. He was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church and worked in construction as an electrician for forty years....
Ethel Josephine Alverson Robbins
May 31, 2015
Georgetown: Ethel Alverson Robbins, 93, widow of Claude Carroll Robbins, died Sunday, May 31, 2015, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Robbins was born in New Prospect, S.C., on September 17, 1921, a daughter of the late Joe Alverson and Cora L. Alverson. She grew up in New Prospect, and later graduated from Ashville Teachers College in N. C. Mrs. Robbins...
John Harvey "Butch" Wilson, Jr.
May 27, 2015
Georgetown: John "Butch" Harvey Wilson, Jr., 63, died Wednesday, May 27, 2015, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mr. Wilson was born in Georgetown on November 16, 1951, a son of the late John Harvey Wilson, Sr. and Myrtis Lee Lambert Wilson. He lived all his life in Georgetown and was a retired employee of H & S Oil Company. Mr....
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